Build XPLA Chain Core

XPLA Chain core is the official Golang reference implementation of the XPLA Chain node software. Use this guide to install XPLA Chain core and xplad, the command-line interface and daemon that connects to XPLA Chain and enables you to interact with the XPLA Chain.

Get the XPLA Chain Core Source Code #

1. Use git to retrieve XPLA Chain core, and check out the main branch, which contains the latest stable release. You can find the latest tag on the tags page or via autocomplete in your terminal: type git checkout v and press <TAB>.

   git clone https://github.com/xpladev/xpla
   cd xpla
   git checkout [latest version]
   

2. Build XPLA Chain core. This will install the xplad executable to your GOPATH environment variable.

   make install
   

3. Verify that XPLA Chain core is installed correctly.

   xplad version --long
   

   Example:

   name: xpla
   server_name: xplad
   version: v2.0.0
   commit: ea682c41e7e71ba0b182c9e7f989855fb9595885
   build_tags: netgo,ledger
   go: go version go1.18.2 darwin/amd64
   # ...followed by a lot of dependencies
   

export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin